davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1887-12-23
JOSEF HoFFMAN.

instance, was Alexander Pope, who wove
his childish babble into rude rhyme,
even when his words had no meaning;
and Mozart, whose keen sense of harmony
was noticed as soon as he could talk, and
who composed q difficult piano concerto
at the age of s.; and there was the Won
derful Yankee boy. Zerah Colburn, who
could multiply sums of 10000 and over
by equal sums, Sin his head faster than
the most expert accountant could do
it with pencil. Only q few years ago
Willie Spaight, of Cincinnati, astonished
that musical city by his violin rendtions
at the, age of G.; and as he was well grown
and healthy, much was expected of him,
but two or three years later he died very
suddenly, after short and not very Sc
we're Illness. 1t seemed as if the nerve
threads of his young life had been drawn
n little too tense and snapped suddenly
without warning. His last audible words
were: 80 Coo don't be too hard on q
poor little fellow
At present little Josef Hoffman is the
musical sensation of New York His
achievements ON the piano excite the as
tonishment and admiration of profession
ais. At recent test two pianos were
placed in one room--a grand with the
pedals shortened for Josef's use, the other
an upright. At the latter Otto Floer-
sheim, skillful pianist and composer,
took his seat and improvised theme;
the boy took it up where the pianist
stopped and carried it by easy steps into
foreign key, pausing on n chromatic
progression. Then the pianist played
variety of airs in several keys, to each of
which the child responded gracefully and
intelligently, the two conducting thus
sort of musical dialogue for ten minutes.
He learned difficult minuet in three
minutes, though he cannot read music
and has had no education whatever in
musical science. All his music SO far is
initiative, and the object of his American
tour, under the management of Henry f.
Abbey, is to obtain the money for thor
oagh musical education.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1887-12-23

his fingers tips, for he clutches and
extends his fingers as though he were
scattering words like seeds from his
hand. A keen eyed audience, you may
depend upon it, for their eyes must do the
duty their ears refuse-an audience Of
deaf mutes assembled upon the Tooth an
niversary Of his birth, Dec. 10, in honor
of Rev. Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, Of
Hartford, who inaugurated upon this con-
tinent the system which has made these
silent people intelligent citizens. '
Il Rev. Thomas Gallaudet, of New York,
son of the hero of the occasion, is a
skillful interpreter of visible speech.
Isaac Lewis Peet, principal of the New
York Deaf Mute institution, the orator,
speaks the finger language. He is the
third of his family to engage in this, his
grandfather and father having done SO be-
fore him. Religious services are usually
an important feature of gatherings of the
deaf and dumb, who owe their mental de-
liyerance almost entirely to men of re-
igious callings, such having been fore
most In perfecting the art Of instruction.
A novelty in music is the singing in
signs by deaf people, who indicate words,
time and tune by the motions OF their
hands and fingers. Tableaux, dancing
and black magic are also in their enter
tainments. b.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1887-12-23

teaching, but he so improved upon the
methods of Sicard that he acquainted his
pupils with simple truths of morality and
religion, with ideas of themselves, their
senses and souls, with ideas of God and
the social world, in o years time, when
the pupils Of European institutions had
not advanced beyond the knowledge OF
sounds and the names of sensible Objects
qualities and actions. Herein was Gallau-
det's great merit rs teacher. He put
ideas before words, and caused to bud and
bloom in the light of reason the souls of
his pupils which had been hidden in dark
ness.
A leading object in the first lessons was
to establish free communication with the
pupils in sign language in reference to
their own feelings and thoughts as excited
by objects seen or events in their lives.
Then the pupil easily comprehended the
feelings of others, and was thus led to
learn the names OF simple emotions and
acts OF the mind, and to think of the In
visible agent-the soul-as the being that
feels and perceives. Gallaudet conducted
the asylum for thirteen years, and was
consulted in its management till his death
in 1851. He married one of his first class
of pupils in 1921.
Previous to the labors of Gallaudet the
detectives in this land were almost wholly
without aid. A few wealthy families sent
their unfortunate children to Europe-or
brought over from there private instruc-
tors-but for the deaf and dumb as body
there was no help. The possibility OF
help was not generally believed. The old
notion-that mental action was absolutely
dependent upon audible speech-stiu pre-
vailed.
Gallaudet had given preference to the
manual alphabet, but Horace Mann
arose to advocate the method of 'tarticu-
lation" and lip reading, and between
these two schools there has ragged a con-
troversy which bids fair to be perpetual
DIR. 8. G, Howe was conspicuous adyo-
cate of the finger alphabet, The Horace
Mann day school in Boston and the
Clarke institute in Northampton, Mass,
teach lip reading.
Though the cruel kindness of parents
keeps many deaf children at home In
blank ignorance, an intellectual and moral
sleep tending toward imbecility, promi-
nent educators assert that they can be
reached even in state of idiocy.
A name hardly less honored than Gal
laudet's Is that of Laurent Clerc, q pupil
Of Sicard, whom Gallaudet brought from
France as his chief assistant. He acted
as instructor in the American asylum for
forty-one years, and statue in his honor
fronts the Gallaudet monument in Hart
ford.
w. K. Chase, whose portrait is among
those given, is prominent in the work of
educating the deaf.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1887-12-23
AFTER MEXICAN BANDITS.
who Have Killed 1000 People and Destroyed
100 Towns.

NoeALEs, A. t., Specisi.-The frequent
raids and murders Of the notorious Mexican
bandit, Bernat, are causing increased slarm.
The Mexican government is making strenu-
Gus efforts TO effect the capture of Bernat
and his little army. Almost all the troops
of the States of Sonora and Sinaloa, and also
large bodies of citizens, are in the field. The
troops surprised one bandit camp, but were
forced to retreat. Another attack was made,
when several bandits were killed and the
rest fed The federal loss was two killed
and three wounded. Bernst's army was
divided into two or three parties. It is
thought The bandit chief is not now with his
forces, but in hiding, though sill manipu-
lating the movements of bis men. Ii is be-
heved thst the troops have now hedged in
most of the men, and the report of . desper-
ate battle is hourly expected. Nearly the
whole OF Sonora and Sinalos are up In arms
and much excitement prevails. These bands
of outlaws ha e given the Mexican govern
ment more trouble. and are calling more
troops into the Geld, than the Apaches ever
dill. II is estimated that Bernat's army has
killed nearly two thousand people during
the las, year and destroyed more than one
hundred tnWns. ,,as h
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1887-12-23
FIFTH DAY,

DEER LODGE. M. T.. Dec, q. 1887
Board Of County Commissioners met in
-s1niar ssss;on at S,eo a M this date presan,
Observation-Disclosures % Evans Waiker and Rattar'
tom With Clerk Thomnson. -''''9'
Unon the netition Of Fl Fl Zenor and q
others IL was ordered that p e Evans Ma.
than Smith and N r Rielenbero he an.
nointed viewers to select a site for bridge
10 he CONSTRUCTED across the Little Rlackfaot
rivar IN ,ba v;c;n;tv of the nresant crossino
~ sa;d riuer on ths yo.d naw IeaS;no fro,n
naar sST T.odaa ~ carr;son and tbs Ciesk was
instructed % to "a advertise for T bids for the con. n
str.satsar oF 81 sa;d br;'i~a ara nS sba anrrn och
ss ~ sa,, ~ ;a ~ r;.as ds 20 he
GO ha .Ia of ,,ro,nsaj s,,rct,ro ~ 1
and tp he reseiva os h bv Clerp nn to and In
ci,,d;no 70 m lnnon Tnesdav 1annarv IL
isSs 'A' ''' '' -
w n Sanders ESQ annearei hefore she
posrd .nd asLed that tbs essassad rainatinn in
of.he nrummond e pb;inshnro ra;irnad ba
uaS,,eoJ fro,, sind ooo 70 eos oon sjleo;no that
soiS road 10 a. vet uncomnIated and has only
haon ;n onsrat;nn 90 railroad aimee Senf
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1887-12-23
LAURA BRIDGMAN.

LAURA BlslDGAAN.-
PROFESSOR CLERC. REV. T. II. GALLAUDET.
Many people visit the famous Laura
Bridgeman, whose mind was more COM
pletely imprisoned within q helpless body
when she was a child than In any other
case in the history Of this unfortunate
class; but she is now charming and we'll
educated woman. She is living at the
Perkins Institute for the Blind, In South
Boston, where she has spent most OF her
life. She is now 5S years of age. She
became blind, deaf and dumb when 2
years old. At 8 years she was taken from
her home at Hanover, N. H., and placed
in charge of DIR. s. G. Howe He found
her breathing. eating and sleeping ami
NAL, who could not talk, hear, see or
smell, and had only an imperfect sense of
taste. To reach the darkened mind was
his task, and the only avenue was through
the sense of touch. He began by giving
her objects to handle. which bore their
names in raised letters. When she was
familiar with the forms of these words he
separated the letters and taught her to
put them together again. After she had
learned the alphabet in this way she
readily acquired an understanding of the
finger alphabet-all this within three
months. Finally she was taught to write,
play the piano, sew, attend to household
duties and read books with raised print.
AS she grew toward womanhood she gave
such indications of character as scru-
pulous neatness and o jealous regard for
the rights Of herself and others. She is
fond of society, remembers old acquaint-
ances and recognizes them eagerly, and is
as fond Of chatting, OF her fingers, as
any lady who has control of the more for
inidable weapon of woman.
Mrs Maria Lamb, of Norwich, Conn,
aged 80, and her sister, Mrs. Harriet
Derby, of Mystic River, Conn, are the
oldest pupils of the American asylum at
Hartford. They both entered the asylum
in its first year, 1917.
The mum people are numerous class.
They are to be found in all the professions,
and many are printers, bookkeepers and
manual laborers. They number 1000
bread winners in this country, besides a
host of dependents. About half of them
are born deaf, and the rest achieve deaf
ness. Loss Of speech follows for the
tongue needs the guidance of the ear.
Articulation is taught at some schools,
but the speech of the pupils is at best
harsh and indistinct, as the motions of the
vocal muscles are purely mechanical. The
finger language is known to nearly all
mutes, but articulation and lip reading
are added as accomplishments by large
number. They have several newspapers
published in their interest, and form
literary and religious societies In all quar-
ters of the country. The deaf mutes in
Boston who thus band together number
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1887-12-23


halls Of the house. Indiana, Illinois and
some other western states maintained
this system till after 1850; Kentucky and
New Hampshire did not abandon it till
after the war; a few October states
. Ling maintained their separate elections
till ssfter 1880, and it is only recent
thin t,,at congressman are chosen upon
one day, and that year and month be-
fore their time Of service begins. Even
now a few impatient ssreformers'' insist
that representatives should come direct
from the polls to their work; but tho
common sense Of Americans recognizes
that 1t is good to pour the coffee into the
saucer to cool, and that elections in the
.even years" give members time to re-
dect.
After the second war with Great Britain
the first session to begin with dangerous
excitement was that 0f 1920, when
Maine and Missouri knocked for admis-
sion. The famous compromise was adopted
infMarch. 1920, but the second session of
that congress Was equally stormy. In
December, 1849, began the ever nenora-
BE sslong session, y lasting tin September,
1880, admitting California, fixing definite
II che Indian and territorial policy Of the
nation, and settling, as was then fondly
hoped, the slavery question forever. Yet
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1887-12-23
Careful of Their wives.

In Greece, Syria, Palestine and Asia
Minor generally, Greek monasteries are
very numerous, and each has usually
large population of able bodied and indus
trious monks. One curious difference
exists between the Greek and Roman
Catholic churches in this particular The
priests Of the Greek church may have one
wife only, and many droll stories are told
of the jealous care manifested by Greek
priests for the health of their consorts, as
knowing that If the one wife dies, single
blessedness is their fate the balance of
their days. One traveller notes Greek
priest doing the weeks washing, and
when asked why, very naturally replied
MY wife is sick, and I'm afraid to
overwork her,
Greek monks, however, like those of
the Roman Catholic church, do not marry
and in order to remove as far as possible
from the temptations of the world, usually
locate their monasteries il almost inacces-
able places. 1.-THE Isles OF the Princes -
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1887-12-23
GAzEs SPELL BOUND AWAY UP.

GAAEp pSELL bGUND AWAx
said member goes to tho gallery with
him and points ont the principal men
upon the floor, takes him to tho stationery
room and presents him with one of the
noted Congress knives, and then waves
his good day with 'You will please ez-
cuse me now for awhile, as I hayenn i'm.
portant committee meeting" Then the
visitor seeks the rotunda and gazes spell
bound away up to that wonderful dome,
on which is the peculiar allegory where
Peace and Victory, Ceres and Fortuna
and several other classic goddesses, with
out pantalettes or bodiees, are apparently
playing ring around o rosy about the ma
jestic face OF George Washington, Next
he makes the circuit of the rotunda and
studies the red and lumber pictures from
Pocahontas and John Smith down to the
Surrender OF Corvallis" after which,
IL young and vigorous, he tolls up the
winding stair to the dome itself and feels
that he has "done'' Washington.
And how peaceful seems the meeting of
this congress, and how glibly the old
still mere with the Decembers OF 1855,
1868 and 1887, and most Of all with the
awful and ever memorable July days of
1851. Indeed, il some great historic
painter could picture the scenes at the
opening of each biennial congress, the
series would form not inapt epitome Of
national history. Those who recall the
recent stirring occasions are apt to
imagine the meeting OF the First congress
in 1889 as the most stirring Of all; but in
fact it was quite otherwise. All the
testimony goes 10 show that the ardent
advocates OF the new government had to
exert themselves most strenuously to
create an interest in the First congress,
and when the day came there were barely
enough members present to go through
the motions of calling the roll and ad-
journing TO wait for a quorum. Day
after day passed in this tedious
way, several members growing SO
weary Of it that they were ready to
quit in despair; nor was it till the
1st Of April that o quorum was found tn
the house of representatives. On the 9th
the votes for president were counted; on
the Goth Washington was inaugurated.
But it was not many years till the meet
ing of congress was looked forward to
with passionate hope or tremulous fear
by eager parties; the French revolution,
the whisky insurrection and the Indian
wars made the. assembiings Of 1913 and
1896 peculiarly exciting, and it is doubt
full il the boiling fury of party passion has
ever risen higher than 1t did from the
last named year till the close Of the cam
paign of 1900 Then and for many years
after the states chose their represents
tives in the .todd years, and they came
hot from the political campaigns to the
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1887-12-23

half miles, thence In an easterly direction
over the present travelled wagon road to
what is called Race Track Lake, distance
Of three miles on each side of said road.
being and including tract of country about
nine and one half t9D miles in length by six
(S) miles in width.
Ordered, that John w. Plummer be an
pointed supervisor Of Road District No H.
with bond fixed nt $1,000
ordered that the taxes of Mrs. X. Blum
remitted.
: Riila alinuad
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1887-12-23
New Yorls,s Cancer Hospital.

New York city has q cancer hospital,
recently opened for patients, which is
splendid monument of Christian charity
and an honor to the city. The building is
the gift of John Jacob Astor Mrs Eliza
beth Hamilton Cullum also contributed
literally toward the purchase of grounds
and other necessities, and few of the
wealthy men of Wall street gave So, 600
or SIC, 900 each. The building is at the
corner of One Hundred and Fifth street
and Eighth avenue, and is rectangle,
1O0x50 feet in extent, with round towers
on each of the three corners next the
street. 1t is In these towers that the
unique and very convenient feature of
the hospital appears. Up the center of
the tower runs q large ventilating shaft,
and from it the beds extend out to the cir
acnlar wall like spokes from the hub. The
southeast tower is fitted up for patients
who desire and can pay for extreme pri-
vacy; for the general plan is to take pa
tients Of means as well as those who can
pay little or nothing. There are accom-
modations ample for seyenty-seven pa
tients. The operating room is as light as
the outer air, yet well secured, there are
circular seats in the usual style for clinics,
and an elevator on which the patient, ]y-
ing upon his bed, is gently raised to the
room. All the arrangements for admins
tering anRsthetics are very complete. The
situation OF the hospital Is as pleasant as
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1887-12-23
oIAAh
DEER LODGE. M. T.. Dec

DEER LODGE, NJ. II. Deg ~, To-.
BOARD of County Commissioner met IN
recnlar session at $3.50 o. m. Present, Cans Com.
III ..stEsssnners Evans and Battert0n and Clerk
~, III snr a heent. Commissioner Walker.
i1Sdd nrdarsd. upen the petition Of VIM Wein,
s,ein and i6 others that Road District no: e
sse.n ~ nd d the same is hereby established with
Boundary lines 8 follows .s e9ossine e q
point called and. and sneI oDe Kali mile in az east
arIo rEosd sireetion from the town Of Philipsbarg
cry aIasyt, o.Sce Comfy, Montana Territory, and
.nnn;no Dsea tSence in northeast direction over
me travelled wagon road 70 5ne snisSs MI ena oa
Granite, a distance OF aoous sn1o0 "1ss os's
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1887-12-23

only six years after, another and scarcely
less memorable session began in which
two months were consumed in choosing a
speaker, and the only absorbing issue was
siayeryi Finally, on July A, 1861, began
that congress which dwarfs all others in
interest, which provided for q war with
ont parallel In modern times, and enacted
sweeping changes in finance, tariff and
constitutional problems of which we can
even now but dinaly discern the full inn
port and which we cannot yet temper
ately discuss. Then was the food tide Of
excitement Since then, with alterations
OF ebb and food, we have been slowly set
tling back to old time quiet till now.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1887-12-23
NEWSPAPER DECISIONS

/. Any one who takes paper regularly from II
Poetofce-whether directed to his name or another
or whether he has subscribed or not-is responsible
for the payment.
Q. If person orders his paper discontinued, h.
muet pay all arrearages, or the publisher will cone
tnue to send until payment s made and collect the
whole amount. whether the paper lie taken from the
offLe or not.
8. The courts have decided that refusing to take
thenewspapers or periodicals from the Postoffce or
removing and leaving them uncalled for, is primo
fGcie evidence of intentional fraud,
Papers ordered to any address can be changed to
another address at the option of the Subscriber.
Reittances by draft, check, money Order or reeis-
tered letter may Re sent at risk. All Postmasterp
are required to register letters on application.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1887-12-23
SYNOPSIS OF PROCEEDINGS
oi the Board of Commissioner of Deer
Lodge County, Montana-Regular
December Term
FOURTH DAY.

DEER LODGE, Mont, Dec 8, 1887.
regular session at $3.50 a. M. Present Com
missloners Batterton and Walker, and Clerk
thomson. Absent Commissioner Evans.
Commissioners Battorton- appointed Chair.
man pro tenn.
Upon the report of w Allison and .Tohn
Kaiser, viewers regularly appointed. the re-.
quirements of law having been complied
with. it was ordered that a public highway
De and the same is hereby established as fol.
lows: Commencing at point in the Ana
c0naa and Philipsburg stage road near the
NV corner of Sec |, Tn On. r. ia M. and
running theme west along the north line of
said TIP two miles TO the NV corner of Sec 5
In said Tp. turning thence directly north at
right angles with said township line and
running along the east line Of sections SO, Is,
"a and l6 about four miles to MarshalI Cresk
Bills allowed.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1887-12-23
A Big Jesuit College.

Probably the greatest Jesuit college in
the United States, and one among the
greatest in the world, is soon to be erected
in Philadelphia; it will be pushed rapidly
to completion and is expected to begin its
educational work with twenty five profess
sors and accommodations for 700 students.
The Jesuit colleges at Georgetown, Ford
ham and Worcester rank high, and there
are many minor Catholic institutes in
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1887-12-23

A0AkxAOCAA Liza . y3SopAA SO1|1LL0Cs
America; but it is believed the time has
come to lay the foundations of univer-
sity which will In time rank with the
historic universities of the world. The
front of the college building wiz
cover an entire block on Seventeenth
street, from Stiles to Thompson,
265 feet; the wing on Stiles street
will extend 1875 feet, and both will have
depth of sixty feet-room enough surely
for the development of great institution.
Besides basement and mansard roof, the
central structure and extreme wings will
have three full stories-as shown in our
engraving-the remainder but two. On
the inner side of the ell caused by the wing
will be an immense covered yerandla and
a court yard, making the place homelike,
and in the rear, along Eighteenth street,
will be garden 65x150 feet. There will
be eight large class rooms, lecture rooms
completely equipped chemical laboratory
and demonstrating rooms, museum, pro-
fessors' rooms and all the adjuncts of
first class university. The structure is to
be of brick, with granite finish on the
main side and brown stone on the other,
and the estimated cost is 100000 The
present Church of the Gesu OIL the lot will
be removed, but there will be q new
sacristy and other halls for religious uses,
as well as a large library of church publ
cations In addition to the general library.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1887-12-23
BRIGGS SWIFT. E. L. HARPER

AMAfI BALDWIN. BENZ. HoPKEs.
United States Bank Examiner Powell and
Briggs Swift, president of the ruined bank,
are among the principal witnesses. Pop
ular estimates of the amount wrongfully
converted, and thus lost to the stockhold-
ers and depositors, vary from $500, 600 to
81 1000. .O00 &c was colossal IDEAL 1.-THE
ruin was complete.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1887-12-23

ANEUIL hall, in
Boston, W h o Sc
walls have SO
often echoed bona
b ast and elo-
quence, can now
boast Of a strange
sort Of mu m
soeiahle-an audi
ence which could
not break the
golde n silence
with speaking
words if they
would and an
orator whose
Epouyiadpo 10 OF